Chapter 10

Question 1

What are expatriates

Answer 1

• employees assigned to work in another country
• companies use home,host or third country employees to different degrees

Question 2

Factors affecting HRM in international markets

Answer 2

• culture
  -education and skill levels
  -economi system
  -political legal system

Question 3

What is culture

Answer 3

• set of shared assumptions about how the world works
• affects country’s laws
  -customs,languages,religions

Question 4

what are the hofstede’s dimensions 6

Answer 4

• Indivudalism/Collectivism
  -Power distance
• Uncertainty/avoidance
  -Masculinity/Feminity
  -Long-term/short-term orientation
• Indulgence/restraint

Question 5

Education and skill levels

Answer 5

• educational opportunities vary from country to country
• education levels affect how companies operate

Question 6

Economic system

Answer 6

• tied with culture
  -labor costs are higher in the developed countries
• income taxes are different in every country and may complicate the pay structure when doing international transactions

Question 7

Political legal system

Answer 7

• laws and government impact HRM
• dictates requirements like training, compensation, hiring, firing

Question 8

Workforce planning in a Global Economy

Answer 8

• decisions about level or participation
• where and how many employees are needed
• cost and availability of workers
• outsourcing considerations
• felixibility needed

Question 9

How to succeed

Answer 9

• ability to communicate
  -flexibility and tolerance
  -sensitivity
• motivation
  -enjoyment of challenges
• want to learn
• have a good family support

Question 10

4 Emotional stages in a foreign assignement

Answer 10

1- Honeymoon
2- Culture shock
3- Recovery
4- Adjustment

Question 11

Why select expatriate managers

Answer 11

• managers need technical competence in area of operations
• company mus consider skills, lifestyle and approach

Question 12

What is cross cultural preparation

Answer 12

• training and preparing employee and family for departure
• prepare for the assignement
• prepare to return home

Question 13

What are the factors that give success to global relocation

Answer 13

• good training partner career transition
• expatriate personality
  -cross-cultural training
• career development activities
• international assignment letter

Question 14

What is repatriation

Answer 14

preparing expatriates to return home